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Family members of Nepalese guides cry as bodies of those killed in Gurja Himal mountain arrive at the Teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Rescuers retrieved the bodies of five South Korean climbers and their four Nepalese guides from Gurja Himal mountain, where they were killed when their base camp was swept by a strong storm. AP/PTI[/caption]
Kathmandu, Oct. 14 (IANS): The bodies of nine climbers who died on a Himalayan peak in western Nepal after their camp was devastated by a severe storm were taken back to Kathmandu on Sunday.
A five-member South Korean expedition team and four Nepali guides went missing at the base camp of Mount Gurja, located at 3,500 meters (11,483 feet), when a snowstorm struck and killed all of them, reports Efe news.
A helicopter began retrieving the victims' corpses on Sunday after strong winds halted rescue operations the day before.
